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Kurt walked home very slowly, his mind racing with thoughts and questions. After walking for around twenty minutes, he was so lost to the world that he didn't even hear the car horn. It took the horn and the familiar cry of Rachel Berry to make Kurt look up and pay attention.

'Kurt! Gosh, you were gone with the fairies!' Rachel tutted as she lent out of the window of Finn's car.

'Yeah sorry,' Kurt smiled weakly, 'had something on my mind.'

'Where did you go anyway?' Finn asked, his fingers drumming to the RHCP song that was playing.

'Oh I just went for a walk. I guess I got a bit carried away.' Kurt shrugged.

'Well Finn and I are going to the mall. Do you want to come?' Rachel chirped, leaning over her chair to open the door to Kurt.

'Um, sure.' Kurt said vacantly as he took his seat in the car.

The three friends had been driver for a few minutes, Rachel excitedly chattering away about Glee club whilst Finn tried desperately to listen to his CD, before Kurt spoke up.

'Finn, do you know where Karofsky lives?'

'Huh?' Finn exclaimed in surprise.

'Karfosky. Do you know his address?'

'Why on Earth do you want Dave Karofsky's address?' Rachel asked with a horrified expression.

Kurt thought on his feet. 'He stole something of mine and I want it back.'

'Are you sure? I mean, do you really wanna go to his house? Karfosky is a total jerk.' Finn warned.

'Yes,' Kurt said with an eye roll, 'I'm aware of that. Do you know the address or not?'

'Um yeah I do.'

'Can you drop me off, please?'

Finn paused before nodding in response, turning the car around and heading in the opposite direction as Rachel exhaled a loud, obvious sigh.

Dave had ran a lot of the way home - he needed to blow off steam and he knew if he didn't exhaust himself with exercise he'd just end up hitting something, or somebody. He was sweaty and hot, despite the cool weather, by the time he reached home. He charged up the stairs before anybody could talk to him.

He threw himself on his bed, his fists tightly gripping his duvet cover as he screamed into his pillow. He screamed even harder over the fact that he was screaming. Girls screamed. His brother would tell him to hit something, to do it the male way, but Dave was so drained the thought of using his punching bag was unbearable.

'David?'

He groaned quietly and didn't respond to the light tap on his bedroom door. He rolled over slightly when he heard the door creak open, silently watching his sister enter his room with narrowed eyes.

'David? Is something wrong? God you look terrible, are you sick?' She questioned with a worried tone, perching on the end of her brothers bed.

'Leave me alone…' Dave mumbled, his tone like that of a sulky child.

'Did George do something?' Hannah asked seriously.

'No!' Dave groaned, rolling back onto his front. He was shocked when he felt his sisters hand on his shoulder.

'David, please talk to me. You've been so quiet. I miss our chats.'

'We never chatted…' Dave said grumpily.

'Yes we did. We used to talk all the time. Remember when you came to see me at college? We spent the whole night talking.'

'I was a stupid kid then…'

'You're still a kid, Dave. But you're not stupid, and neither am I. Tell me what's wrong.' Hannah said with an increasingly stern tone.

When he realised that his sister wouldn't leave him alone without an explanation he sat up and faced her, but he didn't make eye contact. He knew that if he did, she would very easily get the truth out of him and that was something he just couldn't do.

'Okay so,' Hannah sighed slightly, repositioning herself so she was sitting cross legged on the bed. 'What's been going on?'

'Nothing…'

'Don't start that again. I know it's your job as a teenager to be sulky and distant but this isn't getting us anywhere is it? We're all worried about you, Dave.' Hannah tutted.

'Yeah right…'

'It's true.'

'No it's not. Mum and Adam are totally wrapped up in the baby and stuff, and George… he'll never care about me.' Dave snapped, his voice trailing out towards the end.

'Is that what you really think?' she asked with a disappointed tone.

'Well yeah… it's true, isn't it?' he shrugged.

'No, it isn't true. Mum is excited about the baby, yeah, but you're still her son and she will always notice the changes in you.'

'Then why isn't she the one talking to me?' Dave said sharply.

Hannah paused. He had a point. 'I don't know, I guess she thinks I'll have a better chance getting some answers. I mean,' she smirked slightly, 'would you ever talk to mum like this?'

'No, I guess not.' Dave grunted.

The siblings fell silent for a few moment, Dave's eyes still firmly locked on his lap. He heard Hannah take a breath and he braced himself for what she'd have to say.

'Dad worries about you too you know.' Dave's heard jerked up and he glared at his sister, his cheeks flushed. Hannah flinched at the expression but ignored it. 'James does too.'

'That faggot doesn't-'

'Stop that. Goddamn it David stop talking like that! I know that's not you, that's just George and his poison.'

'No it's not! I don't give a shit about dad, and I hate James!' Dave cried, his fists clenched tight.

'You don't know James do you?' Hannah said very softly, placing her hand on her brothers knee. She rolled her eyes slightly when he jerked it away. 'Dave, please-'

'Just leave me alone Hannah! I don't want to talk about dad!'

The eldest Karofsky child looked at her brother with a fierce intensity as she came to a realisation. Dave felt her gaze and gingerly looked at her again.

'Is this all about dad? Is this why you've been acting so weird?'

Dave said nothing.

'Do you miss him, Dave? Because that's okay if you do. It's normal if you do. You haven't seen him in so long.'

No comment.

'Come with me. Come and see him with me. It would make him so happy.' Hannah said, a smile spreading across her face as she spoke. She again reached for David's knee and this time he didn't pull away. 'Come with me Dave. We don't have to tell mum or Adam, or George. We can just go together.'

Dave remained silent as his sister talked but he slowly made eye contact with her again. He could see how excited she was. He could see tears in her eyes. She was right, it had been so long. Too long. Maybe it would be okay, they just wouldn't tell George. Maybe it would be okay. Maybe it would be really great.

A brisk knock at the door interrupted the silence, making the siblings jump in unison. Placing a hand over her heart, Hannah chuckled at herself and stood up.

'Think about it, Dave. Okay?'

'All right…'

Kurt was extremely grateful to be out of that car by the time they had reached the Karofksy household. Rachel and Finn had gotten into an argument over something trivial, probably to do with which duet they should perform together on Monday, and they had not shut up the entire time.

'Thanks you two.' Kurt said as he waved them away, putting his shoulder bag on as he stood in front of the house. It was completely normal. Kurt wasn't quite sure what he had expected. A trailer? A block of flats? A mansion? A vicarage? A number of ideas had flashed through his head during the ride over but for whatever reason a regular two storey house just wasn't one of them.

After what seemed like a lifetime of staring, Kurt took a deep breath and walked up the driveway towards the front door. Before he could chicken out he drummed his knuckles on the door four times with a slightly musical flair.

His jaw almost dropped open when it was answered a few moments later.

'Can I help you?'

She was a giant. Kurt had never seen such a big woman. Sure, Coach Slyvester and Beiste were big women, but this woman was closer to Finn's height. He took a small step back so he could get a proper look at her.

'Uh, yeah hi,' Kurt said after composing himself, 'is Dave home?'

'Yeah he is. Who are you?'

'I'm Kurt Hummel. I go to the same school.'

'Oh right, well,' she stepped aside to let him in, 'he's upstairs, you can go on up.'

'Thank you.' Kurt said with a polite smile as he made his way up the stairs. He scanned the hallway before spotting the one with a McKinley High flag on it. He walked over to it and raised his fist again. Ignoring all the screaming warnings in his head, he gently knocked.

'Yeah?'

Kurt nervously pushed open the door and peeked his head inside his bullies bedroom. Dave was sitting on his bed, (messy and unmade, just as I thought) and was engrossed in a handheld video game. He hadn't even looked up, assuming it was Hannah returning to continue their conversation.

'Karofksy?'

That got his attention. He jerked his head up, his eyes widening in surprise when he saw Kurt standing in his room. He clambered to his feet and stumbled over to him, closing the door with a slight slam. He gripped Kurt's shoulders and shook him slightly, 'what the hell are you doing here?'

'I just…' Kurt began before he stopped himself. Admitting that Karofsky's admission was driving him mad with curiosity was out of the question, he would sound so desperate.

'Did you come to get more gossip? Did you come to nag me some more?' Dave sneered.

'No, I just… oh come on, you tell me that and then run away? This is huge!' Kurt cried, unable to control himself.

Dave groaned and walked away from Kurt, burying his hands deep in the pockets of his tracksuit bottoms. 'Why won't you just leave me alone?'

'I could ask you the same question.' Kurt sneered. Dave couldn't argue with that. 'So, are you going to tell me about your dad?'

'No! God, just… just drop it!' Dave exclaimed, slumping heavily on his bed and pressing his palms over his eyes.

'No.'

'No?' Dave repeated with a threatening tone.

'I don't care if you've got daddy issues,' Kurt said seriously, 'what I care about is getting to the bottom of this little family drama so I can walk around my school without jumping at my own shadow!'

'Yeah you said that earlier… you already said you didn't care…' Dave mumbled before he could stop himself.

Kurt raised his eyebrows at the comment. He folded his arms and before he knew it, he was laughing. Dave lifted the hands from his face and glared at Kurt. He sat up when the smaller boy continued to laugh.

'Stop laughing at me!'

'I can't! You're just so pathetic!'

'Excuse me?' Dave snarled, getting to his feet. Kurt knew that body language meant only bad things but he honestly didn't care. 'I said stop!'

'Do you honestly think I care about you? After all you've done to me? After all the shit you've said to me?'

'No I just-'

'Yes you do! You sound like a love starved little kid! God you're pathetic!'

'Shut up!'

'You're the one that kissed me Karofsky, not the other way around! Don't forget that the next time you daydream about me caring about you!'

'I SAID SHUT UP!'

The bedroom door swung open and the two boys jerked their heads at Hannah. She looked had a furrowed brow and her slightly open mouth like she was about to speak but she couldn't get the words out. Dave felt the colour drain from his face. How much had she heard? Oh god!

'What's going on?' Hannah said in a hushed voice.

'Nothing!' Dave exclaimed, basically leaping away from Kurt in case Hannah got any ideas.

'What's the yelling about?'

'Nothing! Kurt was just leaving.' Dave said, glowering at Kurt.

'No he's not.'

'What?' Kurt asked, suddenly terrified. He had walked into a homophobes territory and now he not only had to fight off Karofsky, he had to fight off his giant of a sister. He was terrified.

'Kurt,' Hannah continued, 'sit down. Both of you in fact.'

Both boys were surprised to see that they both did as they were told. Apparently Dave was just as scared of his sister as Kurt was. Once they were seated, Hannah pulled over Dave's desk chair and sat down. She locked eyes on them both and then said, 'what is going on?'

Authors note: I hope these chapters aren't getting too samey... it's pretty obvious I like writing dialogue :P I hope this isn't getting too dull for people. For those of you who enjoy a bit of drama (me included), rest assured those scenes will be coming in the up and coming chapters.